Honour Rolfe (Immigrant)|b. c 1593\nd. 1650|p1879.htm|Richard Rolfe|b. c 1567\nd. a 1598|p3758.htm|Agnes Rolfe|b. c 1573|p3759.htm|Richard Rolfe|b. c 1545|p7516.htm|Elizabeth (__________)||p7517.htm|(__________) Rolfe|b. c 1545|p7518.htm|Alice (__________)||p7519.htm|
Honour Rolfe (Immigrant) left a will 1650 at the home of her son-in-law Thomas Blanchard where she lay 'berry sick". The will was noncupative (an oral will given in the presence of witnesses usually at the time when the testator is very near death). She wished her possessions to go to her sons, Benjamin and John, and her two daughters, Hannah Dole and Anna. She also wanted each of her four grandchildren to have tweny shillings four or five years after her death. Benjamin and John were not yet married, while Hannah had married Richard Dole and was the mother of two son. The other two grandchildren were the daughters of Anna (Rolfe) Blanchard.3
Death*
1650
She died in 1650 at Charlestown, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, 19th of 10the month at the house of her daughter Anna (then Mrs Thomas Blanchard).2,3
[S487] Descend-O-Gram, The Newsletter of The Sons & Daughters of The First Settlers of Newbury MA, vol xii pg 6.
[S497] "Sarah, Mother of Jeremiah Bumstead" by Ruth Gray and "Diary of Jeremiah Bumstead of Boston 1722-1727", NEHGS Register Sarah: v.140 pgs 312-316 and Diary: v.15 Jul 1861 pg 193-204 and Oct 1861 pg 305-315.